JAG

No you're not rambling, well maybe a little bit! Makes perfect sense though, and I agree 100%

JAG

totally greedy and hero worshipers Can i say Stalin Hitler Poll pot mugabwie all like Taksin ok get it

Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot exterminated whole classes or groups of people. They slaughtered without mercy millions. Letitbe, with your stupid comparisons you not only open yourself up to ridicule, but also totally undermine any valid points you may have or may in the future make. Think hard about what those three evil bastards did. If you still feel that the comparison stands, then you are deluded. If you realise, as(I presume) an educated and cultured man, that it is rubbish, then please withdraw it.

It wasn't the courts that kicked Thaksin's proxies out of government.

and it certainly wasn't the electorate.

so how long till the NEXT election after this one will fail

Well there will be the coup, judicial or military remains to be seen, then about a year of an appointed government, giving another chance to try and rig things, and then the next election. Unless of course the Thai electorate finally shows that it has had enough of its decisions being overturned. In that case I don't suppose there will be another election.

There is an agent who sells for them in the Big C Mall. Top of the escalators at the opposite end to the big gold shop.

I started learning things about The Border Patrol Police over 20 years ago and it's fair to say they have a very interesting history.

That's all I'll say about that.

Not a lot of point posting then is there.

google is your friend

Im off to practise my 1000yard stare!

A fine response.

The question then arises who monitors the monitors.

Why, the Privy Council, of course. Unofficially maybe.

And who leads the PC?

Bullseye. And that is what is driving this whole business.

Any one heard from Bucholz lately?

can you produce a link to justify that remark?

Yep now the offer from Thaksins buddies will likely come in

to buy enough shares to make them legal again.

Likely at firesale rates of course.

Powerplay in the works for sure.

So you nasty Norwegians,

here's an offer you can't refuse.

Makes me think back to Monson,

Thaksin partnered with him to install technology,

but it came time to take profits and

he had Monson thrown in jail...

What a nonsense.. Is there any post where you do not mention Thaksin? Wonder what this man has done to you.

It's raining.... blame Thaksin!

Anyway do you know the democrates (your friends) are still in power? And that under their government this whole DTAC thing is initiated?

Calm down Kalbo, when the last trump sounds he will immediatley post blaming Thaksin, and then the rest of them will follow as ever.The Archangel announcing the day of judgement will probably be denounced as a newbie, and accused of listening to much to an Issan born girlfriend!

The lack of tolerance on this forum used to wind me up too, now I just find their ability to turn everything to fit their beliefs amusing.

^ actually he does make some compelling points, some of these (the militiary coup being the prime one) doesn't come from the red propaganda, but was there to see for all of us. It might be convenient to overlook these if you developed a dems bias, but for neutral people, these remain painstakinly obvious and ecertainly put the holier then tough attitudes into the correct perspective.

Very well put.

I would suggest that whichever way you look at this topic, and however it may be portrayed and justified by the posters on this forum, I suspect that everyone knows deep inside that this is just an attempt by the establishment, or elements within it, to have this election result overturned, so that they can continue in power, and can continue to receive the fruits of power.

What is illuminating is how (enthusiastically) it is being received by some on this forum.

Well Tin table tiplers

Its showdown time and Mr T will finish off one of the things he started which getting rid of you lot

Remember his famous slogan

Thais dont need foreign help, Thais can help themselves

and for you teflers specifically

Thais dont need foreigners to teach english, thais can teach themselves

They will simply double the income requirements for yearly visas, easy isnt it?

Watch this space

and i for one will love that and watch with glee all those forang red and Taksin supporters face fall wont bother me to have to show 130,000 a month or 2 million in bank or whatever since I spend 200,000 a month here anyway - please please do it now and ill really laugh at all forang buffalo here

What an unpleasant fellow you are

There's a half-asleep half-red-bulled half-whiskyed cop on the corner of my soi whose packing a very nice and shiny Berretta. No one - neither the kids racing Scoopyi motorbikes or the old grannies hefting their veggies back from the market - gives him or his gun a second thought.

Mind you, I expect he's never fired it, never cleaned it (apart from polishing the outside), certainly never oiled it, and the rounds have been in the mag so long that the spring is absolutely buggered!

Oh btw, with 75% voter participation, out of 28M voters, that's 21M at the most. With 69M Thai people, 21M would mean around 30% of Thai people, not really the same as 'the' Thai people.

Let me tell you, 'we' farang can count

Wondered how long it would be before the usual suspects started the ball rolling on "they didn't really win because......"

After the 2006 coup the top judiciary was changed by the military and then the very same military appointed judiciary and the military appointed panels to investigate Thaksin SURPRISE found the man they kicked out guilty, which then justified to themselves their action and justified their AMNESTY they gave themselves.

Yes Yes Yes. An excellent summary.

it has taken 5 years, but the Thai electorate have finally been able to have their say on the coup and the subsequent shenanigans.

"the military stepped in, much to the relief of at least a larger part of the population."

That would be the larger part of the population that voted for Pheu Thai then? You just won't accept it will you. The coup was wrong,and led to the mess which hopefully Thailand is now starting to climb out from.

Captain Fantastic - a good post.

I expect you will be flamed, your post may well be taken down. But hey, it doesn't alter the fact that PTT won the election despite their candidate being "not qualified".

There are many on this forum who treat the Thai People with contempt, today the Thai people have shown their contempt for the views which they espouse.

Clinton had a pretty good moral compass?

:lol:

I quite liked the bloke, and thought he was a good US president, but moral compass!!!

"A 7.62 nato round will not pass through a 2 foot diameter hardwood tree. I've shot many trees with this round."

Did the trees shoot back? Did they fire first? we should be told....

On a more serious note the Royal Thai Police may be untrained in Riot Control, possibly because it suits a number of parties to keep them shall we say - somewhat inadequate - maybe they are not that politically reliable?

Greek restaurant?

sorry......

I equate Ayuttaya with the Watford gap. North of that they get a nose bleed

Watford Gap is the end of the world!

No South of Sheffield is the end of the world.

Went to Sheffield once, up near Scotland somewhere isn't it?

..... and if any mischief happens the Red shirts will get the blame.

Well, they are the ones Abhisit will be attacking in his speech, they are the ones opposed to this rally and they are one of the ones with a track history of violence, so it doesn't take a Sherlock to figure out that this is the group with the motive and the means.

That "track history of violence" a problem that is going to follow them. Once it's established, it's extremely difficult to have the perception changed.

It is the perception that other groups, not all that different from Red Shirts modus operandi and with a "track history" like the Ku Klux Klan, for example, face. Many incidents of violence committed with racial overtones are routinely attributed to the Klan, whether they are responsible or not. Similarly to the Red Shirts, when it is shown, since that perception has been established, that various incidents of racial violence are perpetrated by the Klan, the perception is reinforced.

So they're not Nazis anymore then, they're Klu Klux Klan now!!

Thats a capital "E" for English by the way - some cant even communicate in their own language can they?? !!! -

Let alone use apostrophes!

In the end the Red Shirts have far more in common with the Yellow Shirts than the yellows with the DP. Eliminate the de facto leaders from both parties and real business can be done.

Coo, wouldn't half involve some interesting (metaphorical) gymnastic displays from some of the frequent posters on this board!!

Perhaps it should be called "The State Peace and Development Council".